Tag Archives: security

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said schools will only be re-opened after the high risk groups and teachers are fully vaccinated.  Institutions and universities can open November 1, while primary and secondary schools will re-open next year. The president said this today while addressing …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karamoja sub-region is set to receive 2,500 police personnel this month to beef up security and enhance operations, especially on disarmament. The additional personnel will also enhance a crackdown on cattle thefts and counter cattle rustling that has persisted in the region. The deployment follows …

Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The in-charge of Kibinge sub county police station in Bukomansimbi district has been arrested for sharing information to Members of Parliament about the security situation in the area. Maurice Abongo was on Wednesday morning summoned by his supervisors at the greater Masaka regional police headquarters …

Amuu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is relief in Elegu township, Amuru district following the resumption of transportation of goods to the South Sudan capital, Juba by the long-distance truck drivers on Tuesday. More than 600 trucks had been parked at the Uganda-South Sudan border of Elegu in Amuru district …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers have petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding the unconditional release of 25 children who were picked by security operatives from Luwero district. In an application filed before the Kampala Civil Division, the lawyers from Kiiza and Mugisha Company Advocates have sued the Director …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kiira region has heightened security after leaflets were dropped in different parts of Jinja city and district. Security personnel have intensified both foot and motorized patrols in the different suburbs within the Kiira region, to beef up the already existing efforts of village …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The strike by truck drivers from Uganda and other countries in the region entered the third week on Monday, as a shortage of essential goods hit South Sudan over the weekend. Most of the drivers are from Uganda and Kenya. In the latest development on …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF has warned development partners operating in Karamoja to stop issuing reckless statements on the security issues of Karamoja. Capt Adrin Mawanda, the UPDF 3rd division spokesperson says the security agencies have noticed with concern the rate at which some NGOs …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspects arrested in relation to the new spate of killings in the Masaka sub-region have pinned the security personnel for torturing them from the military detention where they were taken shortly after their arrest. The group was detained at Kasijjagirwa mechanized brigade based in Masaka. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga has wondered why security agencies have failed to stop the murders in greater Masaka region even when the assailants give notice of their intended attacks. He says that although security has arrested some of the suspects, there are …